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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] news item for udev 197-r3 upgrade (yes, I know, it's late)
From:       William Hubbs <williamh () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2013-01-28 4:45:09
Message-ID: 20130128044509.GA26718 () linux1
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 08:06:48PM +0100, Felix Kuperjans wrote:
> Mike Gilbert:
> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Felix Kuperjans
> > <felix@desaster-games.com> wrote:
> >> Samuli Suominen wrote:
> >>> please review this news item, seems we need one after all
> >> Hello Samuli,
> >>
> >> /dev/root is no longer available in this udev version, so people who put
> >> this in their /etc/fstab might end up with an unbootable system.
> >>
> >> I suggest including in the news item, that /dev/root must be replaced
> >> with the actual root device or LABEL=..., UUID=... and the like in
> >> /etc/fstab.
> >>
> > fstab is not consulted for mounting the root filesystem, so it doesn't
> > really matter what you have in there. Either the kernel mounts it
> > based on the kernel command line, or your initramfs mounts it based on
> > whatever your /init programs does.
> Well, *if* a line with /dev/root is present in /etc/fstab, the system
> does not boot up properly (tested it right now).
> I always though such a line in /etc/fstab is needed so that fsck is run
> on the root filesystem...

That was an example in the fstab in the stages, but the handbook always
told you to replace /dev/root with the reference to the specific root
device.

William


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